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Dice and Salt 84 - Avoiding Dice Rolls

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to figure out just how fast electricity travels through copper wiring and talking just a little bit about the brief appearance of the Wild Hunt in the most recent II episode. Then, they're joined by Taylor from the Backwater Bastards podcast to get her first impressions on how the podcast is going based on some absolutely wild speculation and surprisingly poignant insights.

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War For the Crown 34 - #invisiblessed

Our incursion into the Palace of Birdsong is off to a wonderful start, with limbs and other appendages flying every which way. Now, we've run into our very best buddy in Lord Titus, but for some reason he doesn't seem happy to see us.

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Dice and Salt 83 - A Salt on the Wild Side

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week just in time for Richter to lament on his lack of Cherry Coke before being reminded of the never-ending march of father time. Then we get some bad puns as they go over the character check-ins and other events of the most recent episode of II.

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Dice and Salt 82 - Midwives to Dice

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week after a brief hiatus for meta reasons. They dig into some of the lore behind Alex's book-opening cutscene before recapping the guys' level-up stuff...eventually.

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War For the Crown 33 - The Ol' Strum and Run

We've spent months now worming our way into the fabric of Merrat County society and undermining Count Bartelby's authority. Now our true mission has begun, laying siege to the Palace of Birdsong and claiming it on behalf of the Princess. We managed to weaken their defenses a bit, but a place like this will be no easy task to conquer.

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Dice and Salt 81 - The PCs Have What Plants Crave

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to discuss the Book 5 finale where the guys get to interact with different vestiges of their past and Richter gets salty about the treatment of a certain animal companion. Then they are joined by Xeno, a Patron and prominent member of the discord community, along with a special surprise guest, to ruminate on their thoughts on Book 5 as a whole.

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Dice and Salt 80 - New Dice New Me

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to talk about Star Wars special editions before going off on the guys' collective memory regarding NPCs. Then they gush over the animated DC movies while briefly touching on the events of the most recent episode of Inspired Incompetence.

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Dice and Salt 79 - Extra Salty Perception

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to finally put an end to who is responsible for all of the character deaths in Tyrant's Grasp. Then, Paizo catches some shade for their map design standards before singing the guys praises for using basic scouting tactics.

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Episode 155 intro and Art Contest Winner!

Just a quick hit for you all here to announce our winner for this year's (last year's?) art contest! Plus, more info on our upcoming Book 5 Recap Retrospective Extravaganza!

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Dice and Salt 78 - No Dice Allowed

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to take far too long to get the reference in the latest episode title. Then they're joined by Tom and Joe for a lengthy, girthy conversation ranging all over the place and back.

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War for the Crown 32 - Well-Laid Plans

After what feels like forever, we've finally leveled up! This momentous occasion also coincides with an update to our mission. Now our goal becomes to evict the current residents of the Palace of Birdsong, one way or another. Time to devise a genius strategy to accomplish just that.

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Dice and Salt 77 - Think Outside the Salt

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to discuss the ending of the Nessie fight, and are joined by Nick to go over just how perfectly fair that fight was. Then, Toast gets jealous over Uhtred's fancy kimono and Richter tries to take credit for the most dangerous foe we've come across thus far, all before having a lengthy conversation on the morals of the PCs.

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Dice and Salt 76 - The Dice Giveth but Mostly Taketh Away

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to get confused about the meaning of episode titles and discuss the plethora of uses for Glitterdust and the sadism of Tinkerbell. Then, they get into just how brutal this fight against Nessie is for the guys and ponder the design for the dungeon they are in.

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Dice and Salt 75 - Watching the Salt Dry

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to discuss the super exciting start to the guys' battle with Nessie. Never before has a battle so epic, so exciting, been put out to the public, surely there is a ton to say about it.

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Dice and Salt 74 - Looks Like the Pharasma Four are Dicing Off Again

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to discuss card game-based anime and sticking wet things in strange orifices. Then they mock delivery workers before finally delving into what the guys are actually up to by covering the battle at hand against a gigantic undead baby.

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Dice and Salt 73 - A Salty Heroes Feast

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week after a brief bout of technical difficulties to discuss the Simpsons, how time is a relentless mistress that comes for us all, and for Richter to wax conspiratorial about Miraina and her supposed big secret.

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Dice and Salt 72 - Beyond the Dicey Blue Yonder

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return just in time for the holidays to give a recap of the gang's worldwide shopping trip, complete with some classic TV nostalgia and Toast temporarily forgetting how to read.

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War For the Crown 31 - Bait and Switch

After hearing of a heinous attack by the Night Swan against our dear friend Lord Titus, we've decided to take matters into our own hands and lure the Night Swan out. With Lord Ckarl and a disguised Vulpis as bait, it's time to make people think they are a couple of hapless lordlings out for a night of debauchery in order to draw the ire of an anarchist terrorist. 

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Dice and Salt 71 - Any Way You Slice or Dice It

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week just in time for Toast to try her best to get Richter in trouble with his wife, before getting into the discussion about the life-and-death implications discussed in the main show. Then they get into Thelais's mysterious disease before visiting a familiar friend.

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Dice and Salt 70 - A Salty Twist

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to discuss one of Lady Toast's favorite spells and one of her most hated spells, both taken by Argenus! Then the discussion turns to balancing player fun vs. GM fun before discussing retcons and sweeping dungeons once the boss has been dealt with.

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Dice and Salt 69 - DiNICEy

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to make all the wrong movie references and far too many juvenile references to the episode number. Then they discuss the introduction of Matt's new character while debating whether to crown him the "Joe" of Tyrant's Grasp.

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Dice and Salt 68 - Dicey Cannonball Assault

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to discuss the most recent of PCs to bite it and how fantastic Paizo's maps are designed. Then, a quick geometry lesson before finishing things out with a fight recap.

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War For the Crown 30 - Special Investigators

We got a bit more than we bargained for in this quiet forest village, but we still managed to emerge victorious, even if it did cost Lord Ckarl his dignity. He wasn't really using that anyway, so no big loss. Now it's time to start our trek home, but some troubling news from Lotheedar forestalls our progress.

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Dice and Salt 67 - Salty Fortuna

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week and are joined by Matt to discuss his horrible luck in the most recent episode, but not before Lord Richter waxes nostalgic about the taste of medicine back in the day. Then they have a lengthy conversation about mystery flavors before briefly talking about a not-very-eventful episode.

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Dice and Salt 66 - Dicey Lightning

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to come up with a better title for the episode they're reviewing than the guys did before mocking Alex's reading comprehension and digressing into a discussion about comic books after comparing Tioblith to Superman.

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Dice and Salt 65 - Sowing the Seeds of Salt

Lord Richter and Lady Toast are back this week to discuss the murderhobo status of the guys and their lack of use of nonlethal tactics in their current mission. Then, Richter tells us what he really thinks about the Harley Quinn TV show before circling back to the episode at hand.

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Dice and Salt 64 - Toast's Blurry Dice

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to discuss topics Alex is banned from discussing for good reason. Then they get into the fun flashback from the recent episode and dig into just how much Toast's dice hate the players.

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War For the Crown 29 - 'Ware the Wolves

For a town that is very adamant that they don't have a wolf problem, these wolves walking in like they own the place certainly seems like a problem. Well, let's see what we can do about it, and they'll just have to thank us later.

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Dice and Salt 63 - The Salty Bargain Podcast

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week to figure out just who the bargain bin podcast really is. Then they get into spelling issues and a diplomatic attempt as they discuss the most recent episode of the Inspired Incompetence Podcast.

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Dice and Salt 62 - Mi Dicey Moss es Su Dicey Moss

Lord Richter and Lady Toast return this week so Richter can start to hedge his bet on his conspiracy theories and they can fully admit they can't tell different members of a race apart from one another. Then, Toast presumes some stuff about emerging tentacles that thankfully turn out to be mistaken.

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